Thank you for joining us as an observer at the 2025 Samaki Bream Queensland Open, we are all looking forward to a great event.
Here’s some information to help you prepare to be a part of the event:
Event contact phone: Nicholle Smith, 0427 267 545.
EVENT DETAILS:
- Boater Only
- 2 Tournament Days (Saturday / Sunday)
- Tournament Session 7am – 2pm each day
- You will be paired with your boater on the morning of the event.
- The event will be awarded via the LIVE app length/weight scoreboard. Anglers will cross check results at the conclusion of the session.
START / FINISH LOCATION
- Please be at the start location by 6:15am
- Event start locations will be: Saturday at Paradise Point Boat Ramp (Gold Coast day) and Sunday at Cleveland VMR Boat Ramp (Moreton Bay Day)
- The final presentation will be at the ABT Office (1/11 Knobel Court, Shailer Park QLD 4128). You are more than welcome to attend. This will be held at the conclusion of the event on Sunday afternoon at approximately 3:00pm.
Here’s the google map to assist with directions to the site:
SATURDAY: PARADISE POINT BOAT RAMP:
SUNDAY: CLEVELAND BOAT RAMP:
WHAT TO BRING:
- PFD
- Umbrella
- Food / Drinks / Water
- Rain Jacket / Pants
- Jumper
- Hat
- Phone / Filming Device
OBSERVER DO’S
- Be good company for your boater
- Collect lots of photos and video of your boater in action – see item below about collecting footage
- Monitor your boater to ensure they aren’t breaking any no-fishing zone / speeding rules. Certain marina’s, parts of the Brisbane River and designated marine park areas are off-limits to fishing and speed limits apply in some areas. You can view the arena map at any time via the following link, this google map will put a red pin where your boater is at the time. If you find your boater is fishing in a no-fishing area, please screen shot and message through to ABT. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE ARENA MAP.
- You can talk about your boater’s fishing – see note on this under Observer Do Not’s.
- You can assist with moving the boat in the event that your safety is at risk.
OBSERVER DO NOT’S:
- Assist your boater with anything fishing related – including handing fishing gear; netting fish; tying on lures etc
- Talk about your fishing with your boater – including talking about what you would use if you were fishing on the day; your past fishing experiences on the arena; anything you’ve heard about fishing the arena.
COLLECTING FOOTAGE:
- We love as many video clips of your boater in action as we can get – this makes for great highlights during and post the event.
- You can upload footage direct to our Dropbox – during the event each day’s folder will have a folder for each of your boaters and you can add footage directly into this folder (if you’re tech-savy). This is our preferred way to receive the footage and it means the best quality footage will come through. Here’s the folder link:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/x1d541raj3a20or597ppu/AEOSTxAkml3HsLGxixM2Hv4?rlkey=hjbxenbn99b2lezuwgrh2jd0n&st=csqz2wqu&dl=0 - If Dropbox isn’t quite your thing, you can send footage direct via the app WhatsApp (available in the apple and googleplay stores). This is a free messaging app, and we have found it does a good job of preserving the quality of the footage. The phone number to send WhatsApp messages to is: Nicholle Smith, 0427 267 545.
- You can text photos anytime to Nicholle’s number.
- When videoing your angler, the only footage we can use is when it’s filmed holding the phone in landscape mode (sideways) – refer to the below image.
- We are running a live show on Sunday between 11am – 12:30pm. Chris Lonne will be in Studio to help out with this one. You’ll be able to tune into it on the ABT facebook and YouTube channels during the event. We are requesting an update from your boater to be sent through by 10:30am on this day. You can send this via WhatsApp. You’ll recieve a text message reminder about this one around 9:30am. This doesn’t have to be a long update – 15 to 30 seconds is great.
If they are stuck for something to say, a general script could be:
Hi [angler’s name] here. So far today I have X number of fish in the well. I’ve started the day focusing on [type of fishing eg: boat hulls, shallow water, rocky banks]. My plan for the rest of the session is to ……..
This update along with a fish catch video sent through makes for some great content to include in the show and gives our hosts something to talk about.
If you have any questions at any time, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Nicholle Smith on 0427 267 545.